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    for term of life your art assured me. The previous sentence was taken from Shakespeare’s sonnet #92 which was modernized to today’s use of language. Sonnet #92‚ by Shakespeare describes his feelings towards the person he holds deeply‚ happy that he was able to have loved them that he was willing to accept death. That there was nothing that would make him stop loving them no matter what. In Shakespeare’s sonnet #92 he speaks about how happy he is to have love for that person he wouldn’t have any regrets

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    This poem‚ Sonnet 130 of Shakespeare’s Sonnets‚ serves to show that the accepted conventions of romantic poetry did not always accurately portray the feelings of love. The use of similes‚ metaphors and imagery contradict‚ in the most extreme ways‚ those rhetorical devices that are most often used in love poetry. Shakespeare backhanded romantic poetry and it made quite abang. “This poem became popular among the satirical poems of traditional love”(sparknote). To begin the poem Shakespeare references

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    English IV‚ Period 3 Mrs. Parsons February 6‚ 2012 Comparing and Contrasting Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 130” Many men find different things that attract them to certain women. In “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 130” William Shakespeare uses two different approaches to describe two opposite women he loves. Even through the poems are very much alike the poems also have very different. Shakespeare starts off with a passionate tone as he describes his love as a “summer’s Day”. He states that

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    Sonnet 71 No longer mourn for me when I’m dead. Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell. Give warning to the world that I’m fled From this vile world‚ with vilest worms to dwell Nay‚ if you read this line‚ remember not The hand that writ it; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe Oh‚ if‚ I say‚ you look upon this verse When I perhaps compounded am with clay Do not so much as my poor name rehearse

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    SONNET 29 William Shakespeare When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes‚ I all alone beweep my outcast state‚ And trouble deaf Heaven with my bootless cries‚ And look upon myself‚ and curse my fate‚ Wishing me like to one more rich in hope‚ Featured like him‚ like him with friends possessed‚ Dearing this man’s art‚ and that man’s scope. With that most enjoy contentend least: Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising‚ Haply I think on thee‚ and then my state Like to the lark at

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    Sonnet 130 Analysis

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    Sonnet Analysis-Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare I will be writing about “Sonnet 130” that was written in 1609 by William Shakespeare. The theme of this sonnet is romance‚ but it isn’t the conventional love poem were you praise your mistress and point out to the readers all the ways in which she is perfect and the best. In this sonnet we could see that beauty isn’t a rush when you talk about love and how does Shakespeare compares her mistress appearance to things which she isn’t‚ this means her

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    Sonnet 116 “Let me not to marriage” This Poem by William Shakespeare talks about the immortal beauty of his beloved against the destruction caused by time. In the first line of the poem he propagates the union between two minds which is another different representation of love. In this poem Shakespeare talks about true love which in the poem is treated as a centre which the poet and his poetry orbit. “ It is an ever fixed mark” ‚ He refers to the solidity and steadfastness and the permanent centre

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    Sonnet 18 Analysis

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    Irving Diaz CP English Per. 5 Mrs. Feuerborn February 2‚ 2012 Shakespeare’s Love In his sonnet William Shakespeare uses extended metaphors‚ symbolism‚ and rhyme pattern to both compare a young woman’s beauty to summer and show that her beauty will live on throughout his poem‚ thus death would truly mean nothing in writing. He develops the characteristics of the women by drawing comparisons between her and summer using the extended metaphor implying that even though she is comparable to summer

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    "How Shakespeare Changed the Sonnet World" Although sonnets have been modified by individual poets and adapted to changing literary expectations‚ they usually still retained certain characteristics of the traditional Italian sonnet. Especially in terms of subject matter. Those early modern poets paved the way for Shakespeare’s sonnet‚ which diverges significantly from the traditional sonnet subject matter. His sonnets mark a turn towards a more sincere interiority‚ and take on many more subjects

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    theme in sonnets. This kind of lyrical poem flourished during the Elizabethan Age. One of the best-known sonneteers is William Shakespeare. He wrote 154 sonnets‚ which were published as “SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS” in 1609. Out of the 154‚ “Sonnet 130” is the most famous about love. In this poem‚ the poet shows that true love goes beyond physical beauty. Shakespearean sonnet is written in three quatrains and a couplet. The quatrains lay down the conflicts and a couplet offers the resolutions. “Sonnet 130”

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